Forty Boys and a Song
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Forty Boys and a Song |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1941 |
| length | 10 mins |
| Rod | |
| Director | Irving Allen |
| production | Gordon Hollingshead |
| camera | Lester Shorr |
| occupation | |
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Forty Boys and a Song (German: "Forty Boys and a Song") is a 1941 American documentary short film .
action
Classes at the Robert Mitchell Choir School, a boys' choir school, are due to begin. The boys between the ages of eight and fourteen take a seat in their classroom. Most of them come from simple backgrounds, but were accepted into the school because of their talent for voting. In the morning they are taught the usual school subjects, while the afternoon is entirely dedicated to music.
Robert Mitchell, a 26-year-old musician and namesake of the school, sits down at a piano and begins practicing the scale with his students while one of the boys tries to hide a puppy under his jacket. They then sing the folk song Home on the Range together , followed by My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean , which they perform first in a traditional way and then in a swing version.
As the boys walk through the cloister of a church, they sing the final chorus Tollite hostias from Camille Saint- Saën's oratorio Oratorio de Noël . The boys are then shown as boy scouts going camping. In the evening they sit by the campfire, over which they roast sausages, and sing Shortnin 'Bread . As they marched home the next day, they sing If You Would Like to Lose Your Blues .
background
Forty Boys and a Song was produced by Warner Bros. and premiered in the United States on December 6, 1941 .
Awards
At the Academy Awards in 1942 , Forty Boys and a Song was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Film, but could not prevail against George Sidney's short film Of Pups and Puzzles .
Web links
- Forty Boys and a Song in the Internet Movie Database (English)